Po­lit­i­cal row af­ter protest

A NeW Zealand politician ac­cused the Chi­nese vice pres­i­dent’s se­cu­rity staff of push­ing him, hit­ting him with an um­brella and tear­ing from his grasp a Ti­betan flag dur­ing a protest yes­ter­day. Green Party co-leader rus­sel Nor­man said the clash oc­curred on the steps of Par­lia­ment as Chi­nese Vice Pres­i­dent xi Jin­ping ar­rived for a meet­ing with of­fi­cials.